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The Podesta Emails: One million dollar check from Qatar for Bill's birthday!

WikiLeaks series on deals involving Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta. Mr Podesta is a long-term associate of the Clintons and was President Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff from 1998 until 2001. Mr Podesta also owns the Podesta Group with his brother Tony, a major lobbying firm and is the Chair of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington DC-based think tank.


An email that appears to be sent by the director of foreign policy of Clinton foundation, Amitabh Desai, to various recipients in mid April 2012, confirms the fact that the Clintons' “donor” list was quite broad.

As the letter reveals, Qatar's ambassador wanted to meet with Bill Clinton to “present $1 million check that Qatar promised for WJC's birthday in 2011” !

No need to remind the role of Qatar and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East chaos. Recall that in another letter of the same email series, John Podesta admitted that both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are helping ISIS. Podesta also mentioned that the US should exercise pressure to these countries in order to stop doing it: “... we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region.”

Part of the letter:

Last Thursday, April 12, I met individually with the Ambassadors from Qatar, Brazil, Peru, Malawi, and Rwanda, in Washington, DC. Below is a summary of key points from each meeting, and we are following-up on each point. I'd welcome your feedback. Sincerely, Ami

QATAR

- Would like to see WJC "for five minutes" in NYC, to present $1 million check that Qatar promised for WJC's birthday in 2011.

- Qatar would welcome our suggestions for investments in Haiti - particularly on education and health. They have allocated most of their $20 million but are happy to consider projects we suggest. I'm collecting input from CF Haiti team.

So, what would be the chances Hillary Clinton, as the next US president, to exercise pressure on Qatar under these circumstances?

Full letter:

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